International Cryptography Campaign Update

[Rigo Wenning <wenning2@rz.uni-sb.de>]

FYI, die GILC-Campagne gegen das Wassenaar - Arrangment, 
das zum Verbot des Exports von Crypto in den Teilnehmer-Staaten
anhalten soll. Eine Gefahr auch für Deutschland und die EU.

Ulf Möller ist für die Koordination in Deutschland zuständig. 
Mail: Ulf Möller <ulf@fitug.de>
Erich Moechel ist von Österreich aus der aktivere Part.
Mail: erich-moechel@quintessenz.at

>Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:01:34 +1100
>From: Michael Baker <mbaker@pobox.com>
>Subject: International Cryptography Campaign Update
>To: crypto@efa.org.au, ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
>Cc: icrypto@efa.org.au, gilc-plan@gilc.org, efa-board@efa.org.au
>Reply-To: gilc-plan@gilc.org
>
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>                 International Cryptography Campaign Update
>
>                             24 September 1998
>
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>Contents
>--------
>  Introduction
>  GILC Member Statement
>  Press Coverage
>  Industry Support
>  National Coordinators
>  Links
>
>
>Introduction
>------------
>
>An International Campaign has been established to influence the current
>round of negotiations over the Wassenaar Arrangement.  Among many other
>items the Wassenaar Arrangement covers restrictions on export of 
>cryptography from the 33 nations which are signatory to the Arrangement.
>Technical experts are currently meeting in Vienna to discuss the
>arrangement.  Some of the technical experts are proposing that export
>restrictions on strong cryptography should be tightened.
>
>
>GILC Member Statement
>---------------------
>
>On 15th September Members of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign issued
>a statement calling on the signatories to the Wassenaar Arrangement to
>remove controls over the export of cryptography.  The statement argues 
>that according to the stated aims of the Wassenaar Declaration it should not
>restrict the export of cryptography.
>
>
>Press Coverage
>--------------
>
>Since the release of the GILC Member Declaration there has been press 
>coverage of the campaign in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the UK 
>and the US.
>
>
>Industry Support
>----------------
>
>Support for the GILC Member Declaration has been expressed by 23 companies 
>and associations, who have "signed" the following statement:
>
>  We, the undersigned companies and associations support the Global Internet 
>  Liberty Campaign Member Statement of 15th September 1998 calling for the 
>  removal of cryptography export restrictions from the Wassenaar Arrangement.
>
>If your company or association wishes to "sign" the above support statement 
>and you are authorised to sign statements on behalf of your company or 
>association, please write to <signon@efa.org.au> giving your company or 
>association name, web address and country.
>
>
>National Coordinators
>---------------------
>
>Since the beginning of the campaign we have been searching for people to 
>coordinate the campaign in the 33 nations signatory to the Wassenaar 
>Arrangement.  To date we have coordinators in 16 of the 33 nations.  We are 
>still looking for coordinators in the remaining 17 countries.  National 
>coordinators are listed at <http://www.efa.org.au/wassenaar/country.html>.  
>If you are interested in taking part in the campaign please contact your 
>national coordinator.  If there is not one in your country please consider 
>taking on the role.  If you want to, or know someone who might, please 
>contact the International Campaign coordinator, Michael Baker 
><mbaker@pobox.com>.
>
>
>Links
>-----
>
>The following are links to items mentioned in this update.
>
>International Cryptography Campaign Home Page
>  <http://www.efa.org.au/wassenaar/>
>
>Global Internet Liberty Campaign
>  <http://www.gilc.org/>
>  <http://www.gilc.nl/>     [GILC European mirror]
>
>GILC Member Statement calling for the removal of cryptography export
>restrictions from the Wassenaar Arrangement
>  <http://www.gilc.org/crypto/wassenaar/gilc-statement-998.html>
>
>Campaign Press Coverage
>  <http://www.efa.org.au/wassenaar/press.html>
>
>Company and Association support for the GILC Member Declaration
>  <http://www.efa.org.au/wassenaar/support/>
>
>Signon coordinator for support of the GILC Member Statement
>  <signon@efa.org.au>
>
>National Coordinators and other country information
>  <http://www.efa.org.au/wassenaar/country.html>
>
>International Cryptography Campaign Coordinator
>  <mbaker@pobox.com>
>
>This update
>  <http://www.efa.org.au/wassenaar/update-980924.html>
>
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